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CrossRef DOI & Citation Metadata Lookup

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CrossRef DOI & Citation Metadata Lookup resolves DOIs, DOI URLs or citations via the CrossRef API and returns title, authors, journal, citation count, abstract and license — one row per item.

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You can access the CrossRef DOI & Citation Metadata Lookup programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "items": [
10        "10.1038/nature12373",
11        "https://doi.org/10.1145/3292500.3330919",
12        "search:Attention is all you need",
13    ],
14    "mailto": "",
15    "searchRows": 3,
16    "maxConcurrency": 3,
17}
18
19# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20run = client.actor("webdatatools/crossref-doi-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)
21
22# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
23print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
24for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
25    print(item)
26
27# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CrossRef DOI Lookup: Citation Metadata & Abstracts API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CrossRef DOI & Citation Metadata Lookup API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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